The Cubs and Wrigley Field carry their own political baggage given the racist tweets of Ricketts family patriarch Joe Ricketts. Todd Ricketts, one of the siblings that owns the team, was a leading fundraiser for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. Another sibling, Laura Ricketts, is an outspoken progressive Democrat, and she and her brother Tom have supported protests against social injustice.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweets that Chicago would welcome MLB All-Star Game
